The notebook emoji is the internet’s trusty study buddy: a closed paper journal that screams “class is in session” or “dear diary, we need to talk.” People drop it when they’re heading to lectures, planning bullet journals, collecting juicy receipts, or pretending to be organized while procrastinating on TikTok. It also doubles as a snarky reaction—replying with 📓 can mean “Noted.” as in, I’m writing that down… for later judgment.
On iOS, this emoji looks like a classic composition book: a dark, almost black marbled cover with a crisp white label on the front, slightly angled in a three-quarter view, pages peeking from the side. It reads more like a school staple than a flimsy notepad, which is why it’s great for back-to-school vibes, studygram captions, and “writer in the wild” aesthetics. Online, you’ll see it paired with lines like “lemme jot that down” (cue sitcom scribbling), used flirtatiously as “taking notes on you, professor,” or dramatically as “closes notebook with a sigh.” If 📝 is quick thoughts and 🗒️ is a scratch pad, 📓 is the Big Journal Energy—structured, serious, and a little nostalgic.
Definition
One of two notebook emoji. This is the less decorative version. A notebook is a book filled with blank pieces of paper that are used to write notes. Widely used in education, particularly when a lecture is given to students by a teacher or professor. Students will document the lecture in a notebook for future reference.
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Emoji History The emoji code/ image log of changes.
This emoji first appeared in OSX / iOS after the iOS 5 update.
Emoji General Information
Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank)
1205 of 2393
Apple/iOS Picture
Google Android Picture
Google Hangouts Picture
Twitter.com Picture
LG Emoji Picture
Samsung Emoji Picture
Phantom Open Emoji Picture
Not created yet
ASCII Conversion
"Short Code" Name
:notebook:
Keywords
Unicode Category Information
Unicode Category
Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs
Unicode Range
1F300–1F5FF
Unicode Subcategory
Office Symbols
Proposed Unicode Information & Notes
Unicode Category
Artifacts
Unicode Subcategory
Office Symbols
Names & Annotations
NOTEBOOK
Symbol Information
U+1F4D3 proposed
Proposal Identifier
e-545
Character Mapping/Crosswalk Notes
DoCoMo
#70 'Book' 本 U+E683 SJIS-F8E4 JIS-7558
KDDI
#121 ノート1 「nooto1」 U+E56B SJIS-F788 JIS-7768
Softbank
#236 #old162 本 U+E148 SJIS-F789
Emoji Character Encoding Data
Emoji Code Version
iOS 5 - Current
UTF-8 Unicode Character(s)
📓
UTF-8 Character Count
1
Character(s) In Input
AppleColorEmoji Font (available in OSX/iOS)
📓
Decimal HTML Entity
📓
Hexadecimal HTML Entity
📓
Hex Code Point(s)
1f4d3
Formal Unicode Notation
U+1F4D3
Decimal Code Point(s)
128211
UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax)
0xF0 0x9F 0x93 0x93
UTF-8 Hex Bytes
F0 9F 93 93
UTF-8 Octal Bytes
360 237 223 223
UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax)
0xD83D 0xDCD3
UTF-16 Hex
d83ddcd3
UTF-16 Dec
55357 56531
UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax)
0x0001F4D3
UTF-32 Hex
01F4D3
UTF-32 Dec
128211
Python Src
u"\U0001F4D3"
PHP Src
"\xf0\x9f\x93\x93"
C/C++/Java Src
"\uD83D\uDCD3"
Emoji Character Encoding Data (equivalent or similiar)